−Removed: Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
−Removed: Our units, Class A ordinary shares and warrants
−Removed: are each traded on the NYSE under the symbols “FACT.U,” “FACT” and “FACT WS,” respectively.
−Removed: commenced public trading on February 26, 2021.
−Removed: Our Class A ordinary shares and warrants began separate trading on April 19, 2021.
−Removed: 2023, there was 1 holder of record of our units, 2 holders of record of our Class A ordinary shares, 6 holders of record of our Class
−Removed: B ordinary shares and 2 holders of record of our warrants.
−Removed: (c) Dividends
−Removed: We have not paid any cash dividends on our ordinary
−Removed: shares to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: The payment of cash
−Removed: dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition
−Removed: subsequent to completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: The payment of any cash dividends subsequent to our initial business combination
−Removed: will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time.
−Removed: If we incur any indebtedness, our ability to declare dividends may
−Removed: be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.
−Removed: (d) Securities
−Removed: Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
−Removed: (e) Performance
−Removed: Not applicable.
−Removed: Sales of Unregistered Securities;
−Removed: Use of Proceeds from Registered Offerings
−Removed: Unregistered Sales
−Removed: On December 30, 2020, our sponsor paid $25,000,
−Removed: or approximately $0.003 per share, to cover certain offering costs in exchange for 8,625,000 founder shares (retroactively adjusting for
−Removed: the issuance of 1,437,500 founder shares resulting from a share dividend effected by the Company on February 25, 2021).
−Removed: Our sponsor transferred
−Removed: 25,000 founder shares each to Noreen Doyle, William Janetschek and David Poritz and an aggregate of 47,500 founder shares to certain employees
−Removed: and consultants.
−Removed: On April 8, 2022, David Poritz resigned from our board of directors and returned his 25,000 founder shares to our sponsor.
−Removed: On May 10, 2022, Nell Cady-Kruse was appointed to our board of directors, and our sponsor transferred 25,000 founder shares to her.
−Removed: a result, our sponsor now owns 8,502,500 founder shares.
−Removed: The founder shares will automatically convert
−Removed: into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of our initial business combination on a one-for-one
−Removed: basis, subject to certain adjustments.
−Removed: In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities are issued or deemed
−Removed: issued in connection with our initial business combination, the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all founder
−Removed: shares will equal, in the aggregate, 20% of the total number of Class A ordinary shares outstanding after such conversion (after giving
−Removed: effect to any redemptions of Class A ordinary shares by public shareholders), including the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued,
−Removed: or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection
−Removed: with the consummation of the initial business combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable
−Removed: for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, deemed issued or to be issued, to any seller in the initial business combination
−Removed: and any private placement warrants issued to our sponsor, officers or directors upon conversion of working capital loans;
−Removed: provided that
−Removed: such conversion of founder shares will never occur on a less than one-for-one basis.
−Removed: The term “equity-linked securities” refers
−Removed: to any debt or equity securities that are convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for our Class A ordinary shares issued in a financing
−Removed: transaction in connection with our initial business combination, including but not limited to a private placement of equity or debt.
−Removed: With certain limited exceptions, the founder shares
−Removed: are not transferable, assignable or salable (except to our officers and directors and other persons or entities affiliated with our sponsor,
−Removed: each of whom are subject to the same transfer restrictions) until the earlier of (A) one year after the completion of our initial business
−Removed: combination or (B) subsequent to our initial business combination, (x) if the last reported sale price of the ordinary shares equals or
−Removed: exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, rights issuances, subdivisions, reorganizations, recapitalizations
−Removed: and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after our initial business combination,
−Removed: or (y) the date following the completion of our initial business combination on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange,
−Removed: reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A
−Removed: ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.
−Removed: Our sponsor purchased 6,266,667 private placement
−Removed: warrants at a price of $1.50 per warrant in a private placement that occurred concurrently with the closing of our initial public offering
−Removed: and generated gross proceeds of $9,400,000.
−Removed: Each private placement warrant is exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at a price of
−Removed: $11.50 per share.
−Removed: The proceeds from the sale of the private placement warrants were added to the net proceeds from the initial public
−Removed: offering held in the trust account.
−Removed: If we do not complete a business combination during the Extension Period, the private placement warrants
−Removed: will expire worthless.
−Removed: The private placement warrants are non-redeemable and exercisable on a cashless basis so long as they are held
−Removed: by our sponsor or its permitted transferees.
−Removed: The sale of the private placement warrants was made pursuant to the exemption from registration
−Removed: contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
+Added: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY,
+Added: RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS, AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
+Added: Company Solaria’s common
+Added: stock, par value $0.0001 per share, is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol “CSLR.”
+Added: of March, 26, 2024, there were approximately 374 holders of record of our common stock.
+Added: Additionally, there were 198 holders of
+Added: record of our warrants.
+Added: Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities and
Use of Proceeds
−Removed: On March 2, 2021, we consummated our initial public
−Removed: offering of 34,500,000 units, at $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of approximately $345.0 million.
−Removed: In connection with our initial public offering,
−Removed: we incurred offering costs of approximately $19.18 million, inclusive of approximately $12.08 million in deferred underwriting commissions.
−Removed: Other incurred offering costs consisted principally of preparation fees related to our initial public offering.
−Removed: After deducting the underwriting
−Removed: discounts and commissions (excluding the deferred portion, which amount will be payable upon consummation of the initial business combination,
−Removed: if consummated) and our initial public offering expenses, $345.0 million of the net proceeds from our initial public offering and certain
−Removed: of the proceeds from the private placement of the private placement warrants (or $10.00 per unit sold in our initial public offering)
−Removed: was placed in the trust account.
−Removed: The net proceeds of our initial public offering and certain proceeds from the sale of the private placement
−Removed: warrants are held in the trust account and invested as described elsewhere in this Annual Report.
−Removed: There has been no material change in the planned
−Removed: use of the proceeds from our initial public offering and private placement as is described in the Company’s final prospectus (File
−Removed: 333-252940) dated February 26, 2021, which was declared effective by the SEC on February 25, 2021.
−Removed: (g) Purchases
−Removed: of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
+Added: The following list sets forth information regarding
+Added: all unregistered securities sold by Freedom Acquisition I Corp.
+Added: (“FACT”) since January 1, 2021:
+Added: On March 2, 2021, FACT consummated the sale of 6,266,667 private
+Added: placement warrants at a price of $1.50 per private placement warrant in a private placement to the Freedom Acquisition I, LLC, generating
+Added: gross proceeds of $9,400,000.
+Added: Each private warrant is exercisable for one share of common stock of the combined company.
+Added: In July 2023, upon the Closing of the Business Combination,
+Added: we issued an aggregate of 5,598,488 shares of common stock of the combined company to qualified institutional buyers and accredited investors.
+Added: In July 2023, upon the Closing of the Business Combination,
+Added: we issued an aggregate of 716,668 warrants to purchase shares of common stock of the combined company to qualified institutional buyers
+Added: and accredited investors.
+Added: In July 2023, upon the Closing of the Business Combination,
+Added: we issued an aggregate of 6,266,572 warrants to purchase shares of common stock of the combined company to qualified institutional buyers
+Added: and accredited investors.
+Added: In December 2023 we issued 1,838,235 shares of our common
+Added: stock to Rodgers Massey Freedom and Free Markets Charitable Trust for a purchase price of $1.36 per share.
+Added: In January 2024 and February 2024, we issued Simple Agreements
+Added: for Future Equity to the Rodgers Family Freedom and Free Markets Charitable Trust in the amounts of $1,500,000.00 and $3,500,000.00,
+Added: respectively (together the “SAFEs”).
+Added: The SAFEs will convert into shares of our Common Stock upon the occurrence of an equity
+Added: financing with the principal purpose of raising capital for Complete Solaria.
+Added: The SAFEs will convert pursuant to a 20% discount or a
+Added: $53,540,000.00 valuation cap, whichever results in a lower price per share to the holder.
+Added: None of the foregoing transactions involved any underwriters, underwriting
+Added: discounts or commissions, or any public offering.
+Added: We believe each of these transactions was exempt from registration under the Securities
+Added: Act in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act (and Regulation D promulgated thereunder) as transactions by an issuer not involving
+Added: any public offering or Rule 701 promulgated under Section 3(b) of the Securities Act as transactions by an issuer under benefit plans
+Added: and contracts relating to compensation as provided under Rule 701.
+Added: The recipients of the securities in each of these transactions represented
+Added: their intentions to acquire the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution
+Added: thereof, and appropriate legends were placed on the share certificates issued in these transactions.
+Added: All recipients had adequate access,
+Added: through their relationships with us, to information about us.
+Added: The sales of these securities were made without any general solicitation
+Added: or advertising.
+Added: We have never declared or
+Added: paid any cash dividend on our common stock and have no plans to pay dividends.
+Added: For more information on our common stock and dividend
+Added: rights, see “Item 8.
+Added: Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Note 13.
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